default kde menu icon

[Roman Shtylman]

My concern with a drop shadow is that it doesn't work as well with the
default theme (and even other themes) as well as the white glow. I do
agree that the gears are very difficult at small sizes and wonder if
it would be acceptable to just use circles for this one usage... but I
don't know whether that is allowed or whatnot. Also, I think that most
people mentally know the small circles are gears and maybe aren't
bothered that they look a tad fuzzy cause of it?

If the general idea is liked we should deff propose several icon
options and evaluate which one we feel works best.

~Roman

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Tres Finocchiaro
<fatbuttlarry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Roman,
>
> Thanks for the screenshot.
>
> I do not think the Kubuntu icon looks good at small sizes, and therefor I do
> not think it can easily be made to look good for the K button.
>
> I think this is because at small sizes, the small gears look like blurred
> snowflakes, which makes the icon difficult to distinguish at small sizes.
>
> In this case Roman has added an outer glow to the logo to increase contrast
> around the edges of the logo.  I feel strongly that outer glow should be
> used in moderation, and in this case I do not think it compliments the
> polished look of the AIR or Oxygen desktop themes.
>
> I will suggest (although off-topic) using a logo that does not use the gears
> in such a small instance.  Of course, I think this wouldn't fly as it is not
> the official logo.
>
> However, I think a modified version of the original logo would be much more
> distinguishable as a K button, similar to the polished look of the gnome's
> Ubuntu button. (Notice the small drop-shadow used in the Ubuntu screenshot
> and no outer glow).
>
> -Tres
>
>
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